I know that I’m depressed, sensitive, and selfish. I’m just determined to do this thing, which is paint in solitude, and I will burn bridges to do it, including relationships.
—
Celeste Dupuy-Spencer
Two Paintings by Michael Robbins
- Three Poems by Mary Anne Cartelli
- Loudon Raceway by Tama Janowitz
- A Ghost Eye View of an American Myth: John Huston by Tina L'Hotsky
- A Handful of Anomalies by Coleman Dowell
- To The Blue Wall by David Rattray
- Epilogue (for David Salle) by Dennis Cooper
- Five Poems by George Gott
- Rooms by Jane Warrick
- On the Trail of the Lonesome Pine by Mark Magill & Jill Godmilow
First Proof
- In Memory of Coleman Dowell, 1925–1985
- St. Cloud by Eugène Atget
- An American Landscape by Moira Dryer
- Finder by Pam Glick
- Two Works by Stephen Kramer
- Untitled Photograph by Dawoud Bey
- Could Hardly by Doreen McCarthy
- Two Photographs by Jan Groover
- Two Drawings by John Newman
- A.D. by Alan Scarritt
- Freedom of Speech by Katie Martin
- John and Anna, Essay: Marathon Hotel, July 1982 by Alexandra Avakian
- Two Sculptures by Mel Kendrick
- Four Paintings by Alfred Leslie
- Four Works by Andrew Lord
- Two Paintings by Michael Robbins
- Morning Painting Exercises by Michael Tetherow
- Two Paintings by Carroll Dunham
- Acedia by Michele Zalopany
More
Michael Robbins, Mexican Twilight, 1985, oil on canvas, 40 × 30 inches. Courtesy of Ellen Sragow Gallery.
Michael Robbins, My Father in Mexico, (detail—center), 1984, oil on canvas, 72 × 48 inches. Courtesy of Ellen Sragow Gallery.
Related
MOLLY, MERCY, MADELINE,
MYRA, MAGGIE, MEREDITH,
MARLEY, MAGDA, MARGARET,
MINDY, MILLIE, MAGDALA,
MYRNA, MOIRA, MARIANNE,
MARLA, MAURA, MARIGOLD,
MEGHAN, MARY, MILLICENT,
MAITE, MAPLE, MITZI.
Originally published in
BOMB 13,
Fall 1985
David Salle by Georgia Marsh, John Huston, Richard Chaves & Vincent Caristi, art by Carroll Dunham, Moira Dryer, and more.
